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The Florida Center for Creative Photography is THE HOME of FREE photography and Lightroom classes. FCCP offer over 100 FREE, in-person classes every year. Classes are offered most Monday and Thursday nights and Saturday and Sunday mornings.
Join NOW for FREE and register for our next series of FREE Beginning Photography CLASSES starting January 4, 2020.
Link for Registration for first Beginning Photography class of 2020. (https://www.meetup.com/Florida-Center-Creative-Photography/events/264177302/)
FREE Adobe Lightroom Classes start Summer of 2020.
Link for Registration for first Adobe Photoshop class. (https://www.meetup.com/Florida-Center-Creative-Photography/events/gdtjzpyzgbcb/)
Registration for all the FREE classes are OPEN. Seating is limited, register now so you don't get left behind.
It's said that a photo is worth a 1,000 words. So let me save you a lot of reading and me a lot of typing. If these are the types of photos you want to learn how to make, then the Florida Center for Creative Photography is the group for you!
There are a lot of Photography Groups that are FCCP wannabes. But none have the history of FCCP, founded in January of 2003 at the Dunedin Fine Art Center. None have leaders with the credentials of FCCP (working and retired pro's, working and retired photography teachers). Don't get fooled by other groups, that just started a few weeks, months or a year or two ago. Join the group with the best leaders, FREE classes and the most opportunites to make photographs.
FCCP is FREE to join and their are no mandatory dues or limited time, or trial memberships. Join FCCP today and get started having fun and improving your photographs!
FCCP is FREE to join and their are no mandatory dues or limited time, trial memberships. Join FCCP today and get started having fun and improving your photographs!
The Florida Center for Creative Photography (FCCP), with over 7,400 members here and in our Facebook Group, is the largest photography related organization in the Greater Tampa Bay area. We have over 400 photography related activities already planned and on our calendar for 2019. Join the fun group that promises to take your photography to new levels.
Since 2003, FCCP has served as a voice for the photography community of the Florida Gulf Coast. Whether you are a photographer, a collector, a student, or are just interested in new trends in photography, FCCP is the home for you. Join the FCCP community today!
Are there any rules? Well, not really, except have fun and do some learning. We don't keep attendance, we don't punish you or kick you out for missing an event, we love kids and encourage them to come to all our activities, we don't require you to post an actual photo of yourself to join (heck pick your favorite photo, we don't care) and we don't require you to attend an event right away.
FCCP is the fun group that is truly open to everyone with an interest in photography and a desire to learn.
FCCP members range in ages from 13 to 96 and include people just starting out in photography and photographers with 50 or more years of experience. Everyone, with all levels of interest and experience, is welcome at all of our events. Our organization is family friendly and children are welcome at almost all the events. After all, what better way for the next generation to get exposed to photography?
What kind of places do you go to on the PhotoWalks? We have on average 4 to 5 PhotoWalks, field trips, per week. We've been to many of the Pinellas County Parks, Hillsborough County Parks and many city parks. Destinations include Lowry Park Zoo, MacDill Airfest, Bok Tower, Heritage Village, Florida Botanical Gardens, Sarasota Classic Car Museum, Florida Gulf Coast Railroad Museum, Brooksville Raid Civil War reenactment, Kennedy Space Center - Shuttle Launch, Village of the Artists - Bradenton, Florida Aquarium, American Victory Ship - Tampa, and hundreds of other great locations.
So what's it like going on a PhotoWalk with a 100 other Photographers? Well, we wouldn't know, because our PhotoWalks generally have 10 photographers or less. Because we offer so many opportunities, photographers get to pick and choose the types of walks, classes and workshops that interest them. Check out our Upcoming (https://www.meetup.com/Florida-Center-Creative-Photography/?scroll=true) and Past Events (https://www.meetup.com/Florida-Center-Creative-Photography/events/past/?scroll=true) and you'll see a great photographer/member to leader ratio. We even do PhotoWalks for just two or three members, no cliquishness or last minute cancellations here (except for dangerous weather, your safety always comes first with FCCP).
Are all the PhotoWalks elaborate or expensive? No, most of our PhotoWalks are to local parks and area destinations. Most parks are free as well as the Street Photography we do in places like Tarpon Springs, Gulf Port, Ybor City, Clearwater Beach and area Farmer's Markets. A few charge for parking, but most are absolutely free for all members. We get to practice macro, portraiture, landscape, wildlife, bird photography, HDR, B&W and so much more.
What other kinds of events and activities do you do? FCCP has free weekly morning meetings every Tuesday and Wednesday mornings We meet at the Independent in Tampa (http://www.independenttampa.com) and O'Keefe's Family Restaurant (http://www.okeefestavernonline.com) in Clearwater for Coffee and snacks. Our Wednesday Lunch Bunch meets for lunch at local area restaurants to talk photography, computers or whatever the hot topic of the day is.
How come you charge for a few of your classes when many clubs don't charge? FCCP has many free learning opportunities, not just one or two per month. Every Wednesday morning, every Tuesday morning, you'll have an opportunity ask questions and get answer from "real" teachers, not a couple of guys sitting around that got their photo education from reading a book or watching a Nation Geographic video/.
Every Monday night there is a free Adobe Lightroom workshop and every Tuesday evening there is a free photography discussion/class. These free educational opportunities allow you to get "real" answers to your photography, computer and software questions.
Jeff taught photography for 4 years at Montana State University and for 5 years at the Dunedin Fine Art Center. He has 5 decades of photography experience he wants to share with you. You spent a lot of money on your camera outfit, so spend just a little on your education and learn from the best.
I've been to other photo classes and workshops and they're packed. There's no opportunity to ask questions or even talk to the instructor. The classes have a great instructor to student ratio. We limit class sizes to 20 or less and some of the advanced classes are limited to as few as 5 students. Most of the other local clubs offer few educational opportunities and when they do, the classes are huge or fill up so quickly few members can register. Our classes aren't just offered once or twice a year, but repeat on a regular schedule. You'll have the chance to learn at your pace and have a wide range of classes, such as HDR, Beginning and Advanced Photo classes, B&W, Infrared, Lightroom, Photoshop, Photoshop Elements and much, much more. New classes, Bootcamps, workshops, In-the-Field Mini Workshops and webinars are being added all the time.
What if I can't make it to a class or workshop? Try our Webinars and Webcasts. We're the only local photo group that offers classes over the internet and via email. You get live interaction with the instructors and students with the convenience of being at your home, or even your office. We've even had students take webinars in their pajamas, how cool is that?
It's cool going out and shooting and learning all this stuff, but what do I do with all the thousands of photos I'll have? I'm glad you asked, because FCCP has a strong commitment to you and our community by getting your photographs publicly displayed. We have an ongoing, permanent display of our members photos in several local community organization buildings.
We also offer our members several additional opportunities throughout the year, to display their work as well. More chance to show your work means more chances to get exposure and recognition for the great photos you'll be taking. Heck, you may even sell a few along the way.
Want to learn more, or even help out? Great, we have a committee of over 25 members that oversee all of our exhibits and gallery shows and they welcome any help they can get.
So far, so good, but what's the catch, what is all this going to cost me? Most all of our activities are FREE. In fact over 95% are free. The PhotoWalks, social activities, even some of the classes, workshops and webinars are free. Sure, you have to pay your own admission fees when we go to places like the zoo, aquarium and others, but we get great group rates that saves us bucks in the long run.
What's all the stuff about Dues, FCCP Supporters and Basic Members? The dues are optional (http://www.flccp.org/pages/Florida_Center_for_Creative_Photography_Membership/) and will get you great discounts and perks. FCCP Supporters get free camera and sensor cleanings (that alone will pay for your membership and more), discounts on classes, workshops and webinars the rest of the year. FCCP Members get some great perks (https://www.meetup.com/Florida-Center-Creative-Photography/pages/Florida_Center_for_Creative_Photography_Sponsors/) from merchants (like B&H Photo and Adorama), discounts on software (Adobe, NIK, OnOne, Topaz Labs and Photomatix), discounts on lens rentals and much more. Come to a PhotoWalk or meeting and ask one of the leaders for more details. Basic Members aren't totally left out, they get some cool perks as well, but hey it's free.
So who organizes this stuff, leads the PhotoWalks and teaches the classes? Jeff Donald, (https://www.meetup.com/clearwater-photo/messages/boards/thread/5989143#23919264) the guy in the photo over to the left, organizes the group. But he's not superman, though sometimes he thinks so, he's got the help of a bunch of great Co-Organizers (https://www.meetup.com/Florida-Center-Creative-Photography/members/?op=leaders), Assistant Organizers and Volunteers. They help with the PhotoWalks, Webcasts, website, and they even teach a few classes or workshops.
But Jeff is the main guy. He's got over 30 years experience in photo retail, teaching, computers and photography. He's taught at Montana State University, the Dunedin Fine Art Center and the Digital Photo Academy, he's worked for national companies like Apple Computer and Ritz Camera, and owned his own business, IMPACT Video Productions. If you get a chance ask him over a beer about his travels to Africa, the Philippines, and other cool places (really cool places like Churchill Manitoba, the Polar Bear Capitol of the World).
Jeez, is he like 100 years old or something? No, he just looks it, he's only 62.
Ok, so what happens next? Watch the video (https://www.meetup.com/fccp-photo/about/) and get a feel for what the group is like. Ted, he's an Assistant Organizer, put the video together and he's got some other great videos on the site as well. When you're ready, click the Join button (http://www.flccp.org/join/?rg=joinus2) in the upper right. In a day or two Jeff or one of the Assistants will email you a getting started kit. But the rest is up to you. Sign up for an upcoming PhotoWalk (the partial list is below the video and to the right) and get out and take some pictures. RSVP for a class or webinar, or go to the New Member Mixer, there are two every month and they're free.
So what if I want to learn more about the group? You've gotten this far, so go ahead and click the button (http://www.flccp.org/join/?rg=joinus2), you know you want to. Check out some of the links below or better yet come to one of the many PhotoWalks and get a real feel for the fun you're going to have as a member of FCCP.
See all the activities class, workshops, webinars and PhotoWalks on our calendar. (https://www.meetup.com/Florida-Center-Creative-Photography/events/calendar/?scroll=true)
See our leadership team here (https://www.meetup.com/clearwater-photo/members/?op=leaders) and if you have a skill to share or just want to help out, send Jeff an email. (https://www.meetup.com/Florida-Center-Creative-Photography/suggestion/)
Learn more about FCCP Supporters here. (https://www.meetup.com/clearwater-photo/pages/Pro_Membership_FAQ)
See our New Member FAQ here. (https://www.meetup.com/clearwater-photo/pages/New_Member_FAQ/)
Learn more about our Sponsors and Perks here (https://www.meetup.com/Florida-Center-Creative-Photography/pages/Florida_Center_for_Creative_Photography_Sponsors/). (https://www.meetup.com/Florida-Center-Creative-Photography/pages/Florida_Center_for_Creative_Photography_Sponsors/)
Learn more about PhotoWalks here. (https://www.meetup.com/Florida-Center-Creative-Photography/pages/FCCP_PhotoWalk_FAQ/)
Learn about our Image Critiques and Portfolio Reviews here. (https://www.meetup.com/clearwater-photo/pages/Image_Critiques_and_Portfolio_Reviews/)
Still undecided, give Jeff a call or an email. (https://www.meetup.com/clearwater-photo/pages/Contact_Information/) He's always happy to discuss photography, cameras and FCCP.
Are you still not convinced? Read what over 300 of our Members are saying about FCCP. (https://www.meetup.com/Florida-Center-Creative-Photography/about/comments/?op=all)
OK, since you've come this far, check out some more our recent photos made on FCCP PhotoWalks.
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WASHINGTON – Two months after completing his five-plus years as an Army medic, Dan Huber is still looking for a job. And while he's had some promising interviews, he has no assurances the search will end soon.
That's given him some insight that he shares with some of his buddies back at Fort Polk in Louisiana: Don't wait until you've left the military to determine how you'll make ends meet as a civilian.
"I've told them: 'Hey, man, you guys have really got to start planning months and months in advance. It's not just planning for interviews. It's planning to make sure you'll be afloat in this time period, which you don't know how long will take,'" said Huber, 26, of Waukesha, Wis.
Although veterans as a whole have a lower unemployment rate than the nation at large, younger veterans who served in the years following the Sept. 11 attacks are having a much harder time finding work.
The unemployment rate for veterans between 18 and 24 exceeded 20 percent last year. It was also in double digits for those 25-34. The unemployment rate for both age groups was higher than for their nonveteran peers and much higher than the national average.
The job problems for younger vets have continued despite a wide range of private and public efforts. Congress approved tax credits for companies that hire veterans. Federal agencies stepped up their preferential hiring of vets. Many thousands are taking advantage of a generous package of educational benefits instead of entering the job market. Companies such as Wal-Mart, General Electric and many others announced programs designed to hire more veterans. And organizations like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce have helped put on hundreds of job fairs around the company.
Kevin Schmiegel, a retired lieutenant colonel who spent years trying to get young Marines to re-enlist, says the youngest vets are making a couple of critical mistakes when it comes to searching for a job.
With little job experience outside the military, many can't explain how the skills they learned in the military translate to the private sector, said Schmiegel, now executive director of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Hiring Our Heroes program. The program has helped more than 14,000 veterans land jobs and will be fine-tuning its focus over the coming to year to help younger vets, as well as military spouses.
Trooper Deon Cockrell, military liaison for the Texas Department of Public Safety, had a similar take at a recent job fair in Oklahoma City. He said the discipline and skills acquired during military service translate well to a career in law enforcement.
"A lot of them don't know that they're eligible," Cockrell said. "They can walk from uniform to uniform."
Congress tried to help with the transition to civilian life. Since November 2011, departing service members are required to attend various workshops designed to help them with such things as how to write effective resumes and cover letters and improve their interview skills. Previously, the training was voluntary, which greatly lessened participation rates.
Huber said he got help when he left Fort Polk, but he admits to waiting too long to seek it and says he was too busy on many days to worry about following through on the advice.
"I definitely wasn't focused on it, and I wasn't prepared for such a lengthy ordeal that is applying for a real, sustainable job," said Huber, who served in Baghdad in 2008.
At the Oklahoma City job fair, Jacob Clark, 25, had strong praise for the job counseling he got when he ended his Air Force career six months ago. He now works as a forklift operator and hopes to land a job maintaining airplanes. "I'm used to working with my hands," Clark said. "Planes are everywhere. They all need avionics maintenance." But he said civilian employers require a different kind of license that is difficult and time-consuming to get.
Michael Jackson, 27, of Oklahoma City and a former corporal in the Marine Corps, said the transitioning classes helped a little bit, but he's still without a job.
"It's been pretty tough," Jackson said. "I've had a lot of no responses."
He sounded encouraged though by the recent announcement from Wal-Mart that it planned to hire 100,000 people in the next five years. Jackson may not exactly fit the company's hiring criteria because he left the military more than a year ago.
"Wal-Mart would be the career I would be looking for," he said.
Schmiegel said the second problem he sees most frequently among young veterans is the desire to go home regardless of job prospects.
"They are making a decision of the heart. They are not going to where the jobs are. They are not going to the industries that are hiring," Schmiegel said.
His organization has developed a computer website with Google and various federal agencies designed to point veterans to the 100 fastest-growing cities and the five or six industries within those communities that are doing the most hiring. The aim is to push veterans to use their educational benefits to get training in a high-demand field and then relocate.
Curtis Coy, an undersecretary at the Veterans Affairs Department, said expanded educational benefits are playing an important role in lowering the unemployment rate as hundreds of thousands of veterans attend college through a program that covers tuition and fees, housing, books and relocation expenses. Participation in the Post 9/11 GI Bill program has jumped from about 366,000 in 2010 to 646,000 in the latest year. Some of those enrolled are spouses or children of a veteran. The program allows veterans to transfer their benefits to immediate family members if they have six years of service and commit to another four.
Coy said he's confident the employment trend is moving in the right direction. He says younger veterans often need a little time to figure out what they're going to do when they get out of the service. "I'm a 24-year veteran so I'm acutely aware of standing there at the steps going, 'So what do I do now?'"
Sgt. Jesus Sanchez, 33, who will be leaving the Army National Guard this year after 10 years of service, attended the Oklahoma City job fair to get a head start in his job hunt. He specializes in managing the flow of medical supplies and is looking to do the same in the civilian world, but said he found many jobs appealing, including working at Wal-Mart.
"A job's a job," he said.

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£1 in 1984 is equivalent in purchasing power to about £1.06 in 1985. The pound had an average inflation rate of 6.08% per year between 1984 and 1985, producing a cumulative price increase of 6.08%. Purchasing power decreased by 6.08% in 1985 compared to 1984. On average, you would have to spend 6.08% more money in 1985 than in 1984 for the same item.
This means that prices in 1985 are 1.06 times as high as average prices since 1984, according to the Office for National Statistics composite price index.
The inflation rate in 1984 was 4.98%. The inflation rate in 1985 was 6.08%. The 1985 inflation rate is higher compared to the average inflation rate of 3.63% per year between 1985 and 2023.
Inflation rate is calculated by change in the composite price index (CPI). The CPI in 1985 was 373.20. It was 351.80 in the previous year, 1984. The difference in CPI between the years is used by the Office for National Statistics to officially determine inflation.
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Our calculations use the following inflation rate formula to calculate the change in value between 1984 and 1985:
Then plug in historical CPI values. The U.K. CPI was 351.8 in the year 1984 and 373.2 in 1985:
£1 in 1984 has the same "purchasing power" or "buying power" as £1.06 in 1985.
To get the total inflation rate for the 1 years between 1984 and 1985, we use the following formula:
Plugging in the values to this equation, we get:
Raw data for these calculations comes from the composite price index published by the UK Office for National Statistics (ONS). A composite index is created by combining price data from several different published sources, both official and unofficial. The Consumer Price Index, normally used to compute inflation, has only been tracked since 1988. All inflation calculations after 1988 use the Office for National Statistics' Consumer Price Index, except for 2017, which is based on The Bank of England's forecast.
You may use the following MLA citation for this page: "Inflation Rate in 1985 | UK Inflation Calculator." Official Inflation Data, Alioth Finance, 31 Mar. 2023, https://www.officialdata.org/UK-inflation-rate-in-1985.
Special thanks to QuickChart for their chart image API, which is used for chart downloads.
in2013dollars.com is a reference website maintained by the Official Data Foundation.
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Higher education may pay off at tax time
For those looking to receive higher education, there's a payoff come tax time that will make you feel intelligent as well.
That's because you may be able to deduct eligible tuition and related expenses that you pay for either yourself, a spouse or a dependent.
It might be that you claim one or more adjustment to your income or you are eligible for the Hope or Lifetime Learning Credit.
Another option is claiming certain education costs as business expenses.
The deductions begin to phase out or are eliminated as taxable income rises.
For more information, check out the free IRS Publication 970.


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Gear Rips, Leader Hits Ledge
Overenthusiastic climber cracks his skull in a 50-footer
Wes Walker arrived in Indian Creek, Utah, at about 7:30 p.m. on May 7. Despite the late hour, the failing light, a partially healed fibula fracture [see Accident Report, No. 178] and the fact that he was dog tired after climbing hard in Boulder for two days, he elected to rope up and try the 110-foot splitter called Long Island Iced Tea
(5.10+) on the Optimator Wall. Walker sank jams and did his best to torque his weak right ankle/foot into the sandstone fissure. High on the route, about five feet from the chains, with a terminal pump building in his forearms, Walker let go and fell.
Two pieces of gear ripped out and he plunged 50 feet, flipped upside-down and cracked his head against a ledge. He hung unconscious. Blood from a deep gash in his scalp poured across the rock, and his belayer lowered him to the ground. After about five minutes Walker regained consciousness and said, "These hand jammies"—fingerless gloves made of sticky rubber—"are sick!" He then asked why he was sitting on the ground, covered with blood.
Walker managed to walk most of the way to the parking area, but he lost consciousness in the car, vomited and had a seizure. His friends Brandon Roth and Ian Jones thought he was dead or dying and sped towards Moab until they were pulled over by a state trooper and re-directed to the much closer town of Monticello.
Walker was airlifted to the hospital in Grand Junction, Colorado, where he remained in a coma for three days. He regained consciousness and is now home in Florida being monitored by his parents. He recently climbed again at a gym and is expected to make a complete recovery.
Several factors contributed to this accident. Despite a predisposition for functioning with little to no sleep, even Walker was fatigued after two days of bouldering and roped climbing—with a six-hour drive piled on. He had planned on resting but allowed the excitement of being in a new area to convince him to rope up. Climbing in the dark presents problems both for the belayer (who said that he thought Walker was clipping the anchors when he fell) and for the climber.
Ironically, given his penchant for wearing his helmet even on approaches to the crag, Walker wasn't wearing a helmet when he fell. He'd lost it in the ice-climbing accident in February, and had stopped at Pagan Mountaineering in Moab on his way to Indian Creek to buy another but decided that hard hats were too expensive.
Finally, Walker, a novice trad climber, had a cavalier attitude about falling onto natural protection (he said that he just pushed off). Even if your placements are bomber, gear can shift and "walk" into less secure configurations as the rope jostles it. Other climbers have reported that the climb, Long Island Iced Tea, is notorious for creating drag that nudges cams out of their original placements. This may be why the top two pieces pulled.
Many injuries, from finger tweaks to fatalities, happen toward the end of the day when climbers are tired. Technique slips, the mind is less sharp and the metabolic reserves are dwindling. Resist the "just one more climb/problem/attempt" mentality, and you'll often avoid injuries just by walking away.
A shock-absorbing helmet would have ameliorated Walker's head injury. A helmet, according to Walker's doctor, would have also prevented the gash on his scalp. Long runners might have prevented the gear from shifting and pulling.
Thanks are due to Utah State Trooper Rob Wilcox and San Juan County Sheriff Michael Bradford, who escorted Walker to Monticello and arranged the air transport that probably saved his life. A handy cell phone can be used to arrange rescues, or alert hospitals that a seriously injured climber is en route. Pack one, just in case.


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Rockford aldermen divided on whether police Chief Chet Epperson should stay
ROCKFORD — City Council members are divided over what the future should hold for police Chief Chet Epperson.
The Police Benevolent & Protective Association Unit 6, which represents rank-and-file officers in Rockford, is taking a disciplinary complaint against the chief to the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners this month. The complaint stems from Epperson's attempt to defuse a disagreement between officers and Lloyd Johnston during a welfare check last year on his live-in adult son.
Johnston is president of the NAACP's Rockford branch and called Epperson's cellphone number after police arrived at his home. Union leaders say Epperson undermined officers on the scene and endangered residents. Supportive city officials say Epperson secured a peaceful resolution to a potentially volatile situation.
It's the latest in a long line of faceoffs between Epperson and the union that started shortly after he was sworn in as the city's top law enforcement official in April 2006. Some aldermen are tired of the infighting and say, whether the rift is the fault of the chief or the union, it's time for Epperson to move on for the good of the department.
Ald. Tom McNamara appreciates Epperson's service, but thinks it's time for the chief and union President Terry Peterson to step down. He said the contentious relationship has led to a department with low morale and a high turnover of experienced officers.
"This is taking place at the same time that our community continues to struggle with violent crime. It's unacceptable, and it's a tremendous disservice to the residents of our community," McNamara said.
"We need a new chief and a new union president who can rebuild the trust that has disintegrated between the current chief and the union and work together to build a safer community. Our residents deserve nothing less."
Three other aldermen — Teena Newburg, Jeanne Oddo and Linda McNeely — are ready for Epperson to step down.
Best interests
Epperson has a few supporters on the council, too, and several aren't taking a hard-line position on the chief's future. Others declined to comment, saying their appraisal of a city employee's performance is a private matter. But behind the scenes, aldermen are starting to weigh whether they should intervene — or whether they can — in the dispute.
Ald. Marcus Hill, who's been on the job for less than a year, sums up the difficult position council members face: "You can leave him in and let the union stay angry and continue to try to get him out without focusing on what we really need to focus on, which is reducing crime. But what if we remove him and we get another chief and the union decides it doesn't like him either?"
Hill is reluctant to pick a side but concedes it may be in the city's best interest to bring in a chief with "fresh ideas and someone that may be able to get along with the union."
Epperson is a Rockford native who rose through the ranks to be promoted to chief by a 2-1 vote of the fire/police board.
Union leadership was initially pleased to see a candidate promoted from within. Epperson, the only internal finalist, was a 26-year veteran before his promotion. But it wasn't long before the union began to fight Epperson, particularly over the way he handled internal investigations, discipline and personnel issues.
"Within days of trying to be the new leader of the police force, they revolted on him," Ald. John Beck said.
Tracking crime
During his tenure, Epperson has focused on progressive policing techniques, including databases to track and target crime hot spots. Total crime has decreased during Epperson's tenure, but violent crime — homicide, robbery, aggravated assault and sexual assault — has spiked, despite a decline in those crimes during the first quarter of this year.
Ald. Ann Thompson-Kelly said union leadership has sidetracked the mission to curb crime by its continual personal attacks, none of which she said were justified. She said most officers simply want to do their jobs of protecting residents rather than get involved with the back-and-forth battle between union officials and Epperson. She and her constituents have been satisfied with the job Epperson has done, and the volume of news coverage the union has received for its efforts to remove Epperson is "ridiculous."
"I don't see any evidence, or any proof, that our chief of police is not doing his duty," she said. "His popularity among the citizens of this community is much higher than it's been with a lot of our chiefs. He gives respect. He also accepts respect from others."
Thompson-Kelly said Epperson did the right thing to work with the Johnstons during the welfare check that sparked the latest complaint: "It's a wonderful thing that our chief of police has a relationship with the NAACP president."
'Difficult position'
McNeely had long supported the chief, especially because he is a Rockford native promoted from within.
"I stopped supporting him so much because the officers didn't," she said. "They give me my guideline just like my constituents give me my guideline."
Beck praised Epperson for his efforts to be more transparent and his use of technology to track crime. He also had frustrations about the length of time it's taken for the city to get out of the downtown Public Safety Building and adopt geographic policing. But he wouldn't take a position on Epperson's future.
"He's in a very difficult position that any leader would find it really hard to be effective because he continues to have a workforce that works against him," Beck said. "Unless we hire a union person, who's just going to do whatever the union wants them to do, I think the next police chief is going to be in the same situation that this one's in."
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Where they stand
The Register Star asked each of the City Council's 14 aldermen whether he or she supports Chet Epperson or thinks it's time for a new police chief. Answers varied, and some declined to comment.
New chief: Tom McNamara, D-3; Teena Newburg, I-9; Jeanne Oddo, D-8; Linda McNeely, D-13
Keep chief: Ann Thompson-Kelly, D-7; Joseph Chiarelli, R-14
Unclear/no decision: Tim Durkee, R-1; Marcus Hill, D-6; Frank Beach, R-10; John Beck, R-12
Declined to comment: Jamie Getchius, R-2; Venita Hervey, D-5
Could not be reached: Kevin Frost, R-4; Karen Elyea, D-11


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Will: From Bay of Pigs to Syria, U.S. can't get it right
At 4 a.m. on Jan. 1, 1959, an hour when there never were commercial flights from Havana, David Atlee Phillips was lounging in a lawn chair there, sipping Champagne after a New Year's Eve party, when a commercial aircraft flew low over his house. He surmised that dictator Fulgencio Batista was fleeing because Fidel Castro was arriving. He was right. Soon he, and many others, would be spectacularly wrong about Cuba.
According to Jim Rasenberger's history of the Bay of Pigs invasion, "The Brilliant Disaster," Phillips was "a handsome 37-year-old former stage actor" who "had been something of a dilettante before joining the CIA." There, however, he was an expert. And in April 1960, he assured Richard Bissell, the CIA's invasion mastermind, that within six months radio propaganda would produce "the proper psychological climate" for the invasion to trigger a mass Cuban uprising against Castro.
The invasion brigade had only about 1,400 members but began its members' serial numbers at 2,500 to trick Castro into thinking it was larger. Castro's 32,000-man army was supplemented by 200,000 to 300,000 militia members. U.S. intelligence was ignorant of everything from Castro's capabilities to Cuba's geography to Cubans' psychology.
Fifty-two years and many misadventures later, the invasion still fascinates as, in historian Theodore Draper's description, "one of those rare events in history - a perfect failure." It had a perverse fecundity.
It led to President John Kennedy's decision to demonstrate toughness by deepening U.S. involvement in Vietnam. Rasenberger writes that three weeks after the April 1961 invasion, Kennedy sent Vice President Lyndon Johnson to Saigon: "Johnson's assignment was to deliver a message to (South Vietnam's President Ngo Dinh) Diem that the United States intended to fully support the South Vietnamese effort to beat the Communists." (Thirty months later, the United States was complicit in the military coup - regime change - in which Diem was murdered.) The Bay of Pigs led to Nikita Khrushchev's disdainful treatment of Kennedy at the June summit in Vienna, and to Khrushchev being emboldened to put missiles in Cuba.
In 1972, the Bay of Pigs made a cameo appearance in the Watergate shambles, which involved some Cubans and Americans active in the invasion. On the June 23 "smoking gun" Oval Office tape, Richard Nixon directs his aide H.R. Haldeman to urge the CIA to tell the FBI to back off from investigating the burglary by saying, "Look, the problem is that this will open the whole Bay of Pigs thing."
Surely this "thing" should be studied as deeply as possible. Unfortunately, the CIA, which you might think had made every mistake possible regarding the invasion, is now making another. It is resisting attempts to force the release of the fifth and final volume of its official history of it.
This autumn, a federal appeals court is expected to hear arguments about disclosing the document written in 1981 by CIA historian Jack Pfeiffer, who retired in 1984 and died in 1997. The National Security Archive, a private research institution and library, is arguing that no important government interest is served by the continuing suppression of a 32-year-old report about a 52-year-old event.
The CIA admits that the volume contains only a small amount of still-classified information. It argues, however, that it should be covered by the "deliberative process privilege" that makes it exempt from release under the Freedom of Information Act. The argument is that, for some unclear reason, release of this volume, unlike the release of the first four volumes, would threaten the process by which the CIA's histories are written. Supposedly candid histories will not be written if the writers know that, decades later, their work will become public.
This unpersuasive worry - an excuse for the selective censorship of perhaps embarrassing scholarship - is surely more flimsy than the public's solid interest in information. And the government's interest.
In his 1998 book "Secrecy: The American Experience," Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan argued that secrecy makes government stupid by keeping secrets from itself. Information is property, and government agencies hoard it. For example, in the 1940s, U.S. military code breakers read 2,900 communications between Moscow and its agents in America. So, while the nation was torn by bitter disagreements about whether Alger Hiss and the Rosenbergs committed espionage, the military knew they had. But it kept the proof from other parts of the government, including President Harry Truman.
America needs all the caution its history of misadventures - a record recently enriched by Syria - should encourage. Since the Bay of Pigs, caution has been scarcer than information justifying it.
George Will is a columnist with the Washington Post. His email address is firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Last shuttle's retirement move pains workers
Space shuttle Atlantis isn't going far to its retirement home at Kennedy Space Center's main tourist stop. But it might as well be a world away for the workers who spent decades doting on Atlantis and NASA's other shuttles.
Those who agreed to stay until the end — and help with the shuttles' transition from round-the-world flying marvels to museum showpieces — now face unemployment just like so many of their colleagues over the last few years.
NASA's 30-year shuttle program ended more than a year ago with Atlantis the last shuttle to orbit the Earth. Now, it's the last of three shuttles to leave the coop. Friday's one-way road trip over a mere 10 miles represents the closing chapter of what once was a passionate endeavor for so many.
The latest wave of layoff notices struck the same day last month that a small group of journalists toured Atlantis' stripped-down crew compartment. The hangar was hushed, compared with decades past. Despite pleas from management to put on smiles, many of the technicians and engineers were in no mood for happy talk as reporters bustled about.
The way many of these workers see it, they're being put out to pasture, too.
Joe Walsh's walking papers are effective Dec. 7.
"Pearl Harbor Day," the 29-year shuttle program veteran pointed out as he showed a reporter around the crew compartment.
Three-hundred jobs are set to vanish by January, with more layoffs coming in the spring.
Shuttle contractor United Space Alliance already has let go about 4,100 from Kennedy and its Florida environs since 2009. Just over 1,000 of its employees remain at the space center; at the height of the program there were 6,500.
President George W. Bush, in 2004, ordered the end of the shuttle program, to be followed by a new moon exploration program named Constellation. But President Barack Obama axed Constellation and set NASA's long-term sights on asteroids and Mars, with private U.S. companies providing service to the International Space Station.
"People know that they could have flown this (shuttles) longer until they had something else, and then they canceled the other stuff," said Walsh, a shuttle technician.
The 65-year-old doubts he'll find new work because of his age.
"I'm not blaming anybody," Walsh said. "It's politics. It's all about money."
Technician David Bakehorn, 55, is also counting down his final work days after 27 years on the job. His layoff is effective Jan. 4.
Bakehorn was there when a brand new Atlantis arrived at Kennedy Space Center in 1985, the fourth operational ship in the fleet.
"It's a big divorce that nobody wants — because we're a family," Bakehorn said. "We've watched each other get old and gray and bald. We've watched each other have kids, watched them grow up and watched them have kids ... I'd do anything for most of these people here. I've spent more time around a lot of them than I have my own family, my own kids and my own wife. So it's very difficult."
As bad as it is, the pall hanging over the space center is nothing like it was after Challenger erupted during liftoff in 1986 and Columbia shattered during descent in 2003, at least from Bakehorn's perspective.
"These orbiters are personal. It's like a living, breathing thing to us," Bakehorn said. So he cried not just for the loss of the 14 astronauts who died, "but for the loss of my friends Challenger and Columbia."
NASA's Stephanie Stilson, who has been overseeing the shuttle transition, considers Atlantis "the saving grace for us" since it is staying put.
Shuttle Discovery went to the Smithsonian in Virginia in April. Endeavour moved into the California Science Center in Los Angeles in October.
Those two shuttles flew to their new homes atop a jumbo jet with postcard-perfect backdrops. Atlantis will be ferried on a 76-wheeled platform Friday from the Vehicle Assembly Building to the main base of operations at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. Its $100 million exhibit for Atlantis — still under construction and financed by tour operator Delaware North Cos. — is due to open next summer. The shuttle will appear as though it is orbiting the planet, with its payload bay doors open.
"We've all known it's coming, but still until you actually get there, you really don't understand how you're going to feel," said Stilson, who will be moving on to a job at NASA headquarters in Washington.
For her, the tears didn't flow until the last leg of Endeavour's cross-country flight to Los Angeles in September. Then, "I was bawling like a baby."
Bakehorn, in fact, is skipping Friday's big Atlantis event, which is drawing NASA brass as well as members of the public paying up to $90 apiece.
"I've said my goodbyes. You can only do it only so many times," he said Thursday.
Earlier this week, the two NASA astronauts aboard the space station, Sunita Williams and Kevin Ford, thanked the remaining shuttle workers for their contribution. They also offered reassurance.
"We wouldn't be here on the International Space Station if it wasn't for the successful work of the space shuttles bringing all these modules up here," Williams told The Associated Press. "I'm sure there are many places that their talents would be wanted and desired."
To make it clear that Kennedy isn't shutting down, NASA held a pair of news conferences on the eve of Atlantis' move to talk up the growing commercial side of the space program and the future of human exploration.
Just this past Sunday, an unmanned SpaceX Dragon capsule returned science samples and equipment from the space station after dropping off cargo. The Dragon rocketed into orbit Oct. 7 from the adjoining Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
The California-based company hopes to provide ferry rides for astronauts in a few years and create more SpaceX jobs at Cape Canaveral.
But that's in the future. Those about to lose their jobs are more focused on the here and now. They realize that they likely will have to settle for less satisfying work and lower pay.
Walsh doesn't hold out much hope.
"I'm old. Too old. I'm 65," he said with a sigh. "I'm not ready to retire, but it looks like I'll have to."


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Clay County has almost 14,000 residents, around 100 churches and not a single place where you can buy a beer legally.
There's no Bud Light in the cooler at the corner convenience store and no fine wine for sale at the Piggly Wiggly supermarket.
But bootleggers a few streets away will sell you a can of beer for $1.25.
This scenic but poor county in the hills about 50 miles east of Birmingham harks back to the 1920s, when Prohibition was the law of the land. After a neighboring county recently voted wet, Clay County became the last bone-dry county in Alabama and one of a dwindling number across the nation.
Nestled at the southern tip of the Appalachians and lacking so much as a federal highway to bring in visitors, people here pride themselves on scraping by. To some, prohibiting legal alcohol sales is both a moral issue and part of being off the beaten path.
"Clay County is more of a rural setting. Family values are held more dearly to the heart," said the Rev. Bruce Willis, a staunch alcohol opponent and missions director of the Carey Baptist Association. With 33 churches that have 5,371 members on their rolls, the association accounts for about 39 percent of the county's entire population.
It's not that no one drinks in Clay County; possession of limited amounts of alcohol is legal, and plenty of residents buy beer and liquor across county lines and take it home. It's an open secret that bootleggers buy beer or liquor legally elsewhere and sell it in the county, said County Commission Chairman Wayne Watts, a former police chief of Lineville.
"It's pretty wet to be dry," said Watts, driving through a part of town where empty beer cans litter the ground marking bootleggers' homes.
But even supporters of legalizing alcohol sales see little chance things will change in a county that's best known for winning high school football teams and its most famous native, the late Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black.
"There's just hasn't been an appetite for it," said Matt Hooten, a businessman who splits his time between Clay County and Montgomery and favors the legalization of alcohol sales.
The issue last came up for a countywide vote in 1986, when overwhelming opposition from churches helped defeat the proposal 2,716-2,223. Local papers were filled with advertisements and letters from alcohol opponents leading up to the vote.
"Is placing my approval upon liquor morally right or wrong? God's word says it is wrong!" said one ad, placed by a pro-dry group whose chairman is the namesake for the local National Guard armory.
A petition for another referendum died about four years ago, and no one has tried again since then. Jimmy Barton, who remembers buying alcohol from bootleggers years ago and now owns an auto parts store, favors going wet. He still has one of the old petitions with only a few signatures and lots of empty lines where no one signed.
Staging a vote requires signatures from 25 percent of the people who voted in the last countywide election, and Barton said he's not sure when that will happen again.
"It's hard to read. You have closet drinkers who will vote it dry every time," he said.
No one keeps such statistics on exactly how many U.S. counties are totally dry, but the number appears to be decreasing, said Margaret Barchine. She's a spokeswoman for the National Alcohol Beverage Control Associations, composed of industry members and alcohol agencies in 17 states that have control organizations.
"Each state has its own way of operating," she said. "That makes it difficult."
But hundreds of counties prohibit sales at least in part.
Fewer than 50 of the 254 counties in Texas are totally wet, with the remaining banning sales at least in part, according to the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Control Board. Kentucky is one of the soberest states, at least by law, with 39 of its 120 counties totally banning alcohol sales, just like Clay County.
Of Alabama's 67 counties, 25 are dry in unincorporated areas yet also have cities where alcohol sales are legal. Blount County recently voted against allowing legalized sales yet it has two country clubs where the booze flows freely — and legally — under a special exemption.
Clay County's neighbor to the east, Randolph County also was totally dry until residents voted last month to legalize alcohol sales. The "wet" vote was bolstered by outsiders who have moved to the county from metro Atlanta because of Lake Wedowee, where development is booming.
The Randolph vote left Clay as Alabama's last totally dry county. Because of a local law passed by the Legislature several years ago, cities in the county aren't allowed to legalize sales on their own. Unlike other counties, the whole county must go wet at once.
It's a place where the legal status of alcohol sales sometimes makes for odd situations.
Some business owners and residents say allowing alcohol sales would help bring in new restaurants and promote new development. Stan Gaither, director of the Ashland Housing Authority and a former business owner, envisions restaurants in downtown Lineville or nearby Ashland serving evening meals and wine to out-of-towners who come to hike or ride bikes in Clay County's endless forests and craggy mountains.
Yet the county chamber of commerce hasn't taken an official position on legalization, and executive director Mary Patchunka-Smith said she'd never serve alcohol at a chamber event. The topic is too touchy, she said.
"I'd lose members right and left," said Patchunka-Smith.
It's rare to see alcohol at wedding receptions or public events, residents say, yet many people drink at home. Even the Rev. Zenus Windsor, who publicly opposes legalizing alcohol sales in the county, says he buys wine in a neighboring county and drinks a glass at home each night to help keep his high cholesterol in check.
"I told my church about it," said Windsor, 77. "My Lord drank wine. He turned water into wine."
One reformed bootlegger, who declined to give his name because he both still fears police and has a criminal history, said the number of people selling alcohol illegally in the county has dropped dramatically through the years; most drinkers now go get beer or whiskey on their own rather than relying on a bootlegger to get it for them. To him, it's past time to legalize alcohol sales in the county.
"I'd be in favor of it," said the man, who is now elderly.
With the highest unemployment in east Alabama and an economy built on farming and cabinetry shops, Clay County lacks a hotel or a chain restaurant. The Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board gives the county about $315,000 annually to make up for the lack of alcohol revenues, said William Thigpen, associate administrator of the agency.
Thigpen said it would be difficult for a county with such a small population to make up that amount in alcohol taxes quickly if residents voted to go wet. Watts, the commission chairman, favors legalizing alcohol sales in Clay County's cities, but he fears it could take years to make up the lost state revenue if the county went wet.
"It would kill us," he said.


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Thank you for visiting Freedomborn in 2019, this is the Opening page and the Focus of this Blog which I started in 2011, there has been ups and downs, Joy and pain along the way but always I have known God's hand of Love guiding me onwards over the rocky ground and High on the Mountain Tops.
I hope you will be very Blessed and your very welcome to share what's in your Heart and even if you don't know The Lord as your Friend yet please still feel free to express those things that concern you or things that have puzzled you or ask questions that you have pondered on.
Perhaps some of you would like to share some Godly advice or how you have been Blessed and uplifted by our Awesome and Loving God in your life, please feel free to do so in your Comment or on the Link below…..
The Garden Sanctuary-
I will also be sharing on Freedomborn those things that have made me the person I am today which is a Spiritual Child of The KING of Kings and Lord of Lords, my life as been a very hard one but my heart is very thankful for God's never ending Love, Mercy, Compassion and His many Blessings.
I would like to now share the theme of The Blog in an Uplifting and Inspiring Story, I don't know who the Author is but if you do then I would appreciate you sharing this with me but if it touches your Heart that is what is always the most important and if so and you want to express how, please feel free to Bless us all by sharing.
Becoming Who You Were Meant To Be
One day, a boy climbing in the mountains found an Eagle's nest with an egg in it. When he got home, he put it under a hen along with her other eggs.
When the Eagle hatched, he thought he was a Chicken. He learned Chicken behaviour and scratched in the Chicken yard with his 'siblings', he didn't know any better.
Sometimes he felt strange stirrings within himself, but he didn't know what to do with them, so he ignored or suppressed them.
After all, if he was a Chicken, he should behave like a Chicken.
One day, an Eagle flew over the Chicken yard and the Eagle looked up and saw him. In that moment, he realized he wanted to be like that Eagle, to fly high, to go to the mountain peaks he saw in the distance. As he spread his wings, he suddenly understood that he was like that Eagle…
Though he'd never flown before and there was no mother Eagle to help, he still possessed the instinct and capabilities.
At first he flew unsteadily, then with greater power and control.
Finally, as he soared, he became the creature that God had made him to be.
'When we realize in our hearts we have been leading only half a life, the other half is going to reach out to us until we seek the Lord to empower us to Live it.
We were made by God and for God.
Until we understand what He has planed for us and what He has equipped us for we will not feel fulfilled or complete.
God wants our Love and Friendship without Him in our life it is without real meaning or purpose.
It's only in Jesus Christ that we discover our purpose and our calling.
Isaiah 40: 31 But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. (KJV)
Music – Eagles Wings
Here I am waiting.Abide in me I pray.
Here I am longing.For You
Hide me in your Love Bring me to my knees
May I know Jesus More and more
Come live in me all my life Take over
Come breathe in me I will Rise on Eagles wings
Words and Music By Rruben Morgan
God Bless you greatly for your Support and Encouragement
Christian Love from- Anne.


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Remembering Earle Richard Henriquez-Gil, Sr.
Museum Founding & Charter Member & Trustee
December 24, 1928 – June 8, 2007
Copyright 2007 by Steven P. Hepler
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"Anything in this world begins with a Dream. Earle Gil had such a Dream."
"I've always been interested in Railroading. Steam was starting to die in the United States, and I wanted to be a part of preserving it."
|For the better part of nearly a half a century, Earle was always on the go, whether in the thick of it at the Morris County Central (MCC) at Whippany or later at Newfoundland, NJ., or sometimes many miles away, in the background, but always thinking of the Railroads of old, and his beloved Steam Locomotives.
(left) Bob Sutton on 385 & (right) Earle Gil on 4039
|Earle's final years were spent actively working at the Museum, helping to repair and restore any number of things from locomotives and rolling stock to creating new exhibits for the visiting public to enjoy. It seemed as if Earle would go on forever. His energy was boundless, his talents and enthusiasm for what he was doing was immeasurable. But the "Old Man" (as he was affectionately nick-named) grew tired. He worked feverishly to complete so many things in so little time. After an 18-month battle with cancer, Earle passed away on Friday, June 8, 2007.
|Earle was born on Christmas Eve, December 24, 1928 in Mountain Lakes, New Jersey to Carlos and Dorothy Henriquez-Gil, the seventh of seven children. His Father, Carlos Henriquez-Gil was born in Madrid, Spain and was said to have been a brilliant individual...having graduated college at the age of 16. As an adult, Carlos was employed as the Export Manager for the A.C. Gilbert Co., the makers of the legendary American Flyer model trains and the equally famous Erector Sets.
Earle with his cat 'Chappie', circa 1936
|Several years after Earle's birth, the family moved to "Thornwood Farms" at number 4 Whippany Road, Morristown, NJ. The 28-room farmhouse with its 11 fireplaces was on an idyllic setting where the family raised horses, chickens and sheep. From all accounts the family lived comfortably, even during the darkest days of the Great Depression of the 1930's. Photos still exist of a young Earle sitting at the controls of his extensive American Flyer model railroad set up in a large, upper room of the farmhouse.
During his high school years, Earle went to work at a local drugstore...his first paid job. The years flew on, and as warclouds gathered across foreign lands, people everywhere wondered how long America would be able to remain a neutral bystander as the Axis Powers marched across Europe and the Pacific. It didn't take long, as the U.S. joined the global conflict after its Naval base at Pearl Harbor was attacked on December 7, 1941. Due to his age, Earle narrowly missed serving in World War II, but when he turned 18, he enlisted in the U.S. Army. He received his basic training at Fort Dix, NJ and was stationed in Occupied Japan for a short period of time.
Circa 1946
Circa 1946
At the end of his military tour of duty and honorable discharge, Earle returned home to New Jersey and soon began dating Virginia Esposito.
|When Earle and Virginia married on May 7, 1950 they lived in the huge barn at 'Thornwood' farm for several months until their new home was built in Morris Plains, NJ. Earle converted the loft of the barn into living quarters, complete with a 28' x 15' bedroom, living room, kitchen, balcony, and eventually a bathroom. The barn was so large that the ground floor could accommodate eight large automobiles. Earle wound up enclosing the rambling porch of the farmhouse and that became the "Railroad Room" for his growing collection of American Flyer and H.O. gauge model trains and railroad memorabilia.
|In the early-1950's Carlos and Dorothy moved to California and later, Florida. By the end of the decade, Earle and Virginia were living in a larger, newer home in Parsippany, NJ with their children Earl, Jr. and Nancy (Susan would arrive a bit later on). Sadly, "Thornwood Farms" by then empty, was soon to fall to the wrecking ball.
|Throughout the 1950's and early 1960's Earle and his family would travel throughout Canada and the Southeastern United States, in an effort to witness and document on film, the final steam-powered operations of the large Canadian railways and the unique American shortline railroads that hauled coal, lumber and industrial products through the rural areas they served.
|Earle's photos, slides and home movies of the final steam operations of such American rail icons like the Buffalo Creek & Gauley, the Graham County Railroad, the East Tennessee & Western North Carolina R.R., as well as the huge steam locomotives running out their last miles on the Canadian National and Canadian Pacific are historic in their own right. He also documented many of the famous Reading Railroad "Iron Horse Rambles" of the early 1960's.
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You'll get all sorts of advice before having your first kid. Most of it will be bad. "Get plenty of sleep now!" sounds great, but it's really bad advice – it makes you freak out about the impending sleep deprivation while not actually helping you cope with the reality of the first year or so of raising an infant. Getting 8 hours of sleep during the second trimester does you no good when your 8 month old is still waking up every three hours and oh god could I haven't had a complete REM cycle in forever. It's even worse advice if you're the one who is pregnant, because getting a good night's sleep during the final month or so is basically impossible due to the very large, very active kicking being in your belly.
"Assemble the crib in the nursery" is a bit better, because it points out something you might not realize if you've assembled furniture but not cribs before – they're too wide to fit through doors, but not so wide that you'll immediately realize it. So if you assemble the crib out in your living room (where there's more room) and try to get it through the door, you're bound for frustration. But you can also probably figure this out yourself.
The best advice I got before having my first kid, and I'm now giving to you, is to start lifting light weights as soon as possible. Get some light dumbbells, curl gallons of milk or six packs of diet coke, do some pushups – whatever you can to start getting your arms ready for carrying 8-10 lbs of baby around all the time. I wasn't prepared for that, and even with the advice (which I didn't follow enough) I found myself still struggling with how much more physical I was going to have to be. Kids are gradually increasing weights, so you catch up – but I could have used even more of a boost.
So, I'm going to pass on something that I learned in the beta which you might not have considered. You can take it, or not, but if I had to go through the experience of picking up my Warlock all over again this is what I'd do.
Trash your keybinds.
Take everything off your bars. EVERYTHING. Take every ability off your action bars and start with a blank slate. Look over the spec you'd like to try, open up the spell book and read over the new abilities. Go to a training dummy and start, slowly, bringing stuff back onto the bars.
My initial experience in the beta was awful. It was terrible. I told Xelnath that after the first hour of trying to make sense of the changes, I nearly quit in frustration. This was before the Core Abilities tab, or the What's Changed Tab – I was trying to set everything up like I was used to having them and it just didn't work. Warlocks have changed too much to bridge between the patches. Your macros are probably useless. (Stop trying to cast Fel Armor, you don't need to do that anymore!)
Start over from scratch.
My second day in the beta, I threw everything out. My intricate bindings were gone. I switched, for the first time in years, to a WASD setup, and started adding things back onto my bars. I remapped to different buttons. I looked at the spellbook and threw out what I thought I knew about playing a Warlock. It wasn't easy. But instead of being totally frustrated with the strangeness of it all, of cursing that it doesn't work this way and why doesn't my buff macro work it was, oh, I have a suite of defensive CDs now, I should group them over here, and Fel Flame can always go here, and …
I was amazed at how much better this went, how much easier it was to adapt to the changes of the class. Forget that, I was amazed at how much room I had on my action bars now! By giving up mouse driving and going WASD (and eventually ESDF), by admitting that my previous strategy of having 120 potential binds wasn't needed, I got rid of my expectations that I knew the class and got back to learning it anew.
The class is different now. Even Affliction – the spec which is the most similar – is really quite different. Don't assume you know what you're doing – you don't. Not yet. That's what this next month is for.
Start over. Nuke your whole UI if you have to, but start by jettisoning your keybinds.
Your keybinds carry expectations with them.
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Apple settled its patent disputes with HTC last Saturday, and lawyers from Samsung were paying attention. Papers filed in federal court Friday show that by Monday afternoon, Samsung was asking to get a look at that license agreement.
It isn't exactly clear what patents are covered in the agreement, but at least two of the patents Apple was using against HTC were also being used against Samsung. If Apple licensed those patents, that wouldn't be in accordance with how a key Apple witness described the company's patent policies. At trial, Apple IP chief Boris Teksler said the company tended to not license its most "unique user patents" at all, especially to competitors, as Reuters noted today.
If Apple did actually license its most highly prized patents to HTC that could be ammunition that Samsung can use in post-trial motions now under consideration. After its stunning $1.05 billion loss to Apple before a San Jose jury, Samsung is on the defensive trying to stop Apple from winning an injunction that could kick some of its phones off the market. If Apple is indeed licensing those patents to a competitor like HTC—and the license agreement said it covered "current and future patents"—Samsung will be able to argue that Apple isn't suffering "irreparable harm," and should be satisfied with monetary damages.
"The HTC license bears directly on Apple's assertion in its reply brief that 'Apple considers these patents 'unique to its user experience' and unavailable for licensing, particularly to competitors,'" Samsung lawyers wrote in an email to Apple.
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Chadwick Boseman, The Express
Chadwick Boseman, left, plays Floyd Little in the 2008 movie "The Express," alongside Dennis Quad, center, as Syracuse football coach Ben Schwartzwalder and Rob Brown, right, as legendary running back Ernie Davis.
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NEW YORK (AP) -- A year after playing Jackie Robinson in "42," Chadwick Boseman was back in biopic spring training.
To become James Brown for the film "Get on Up," Boseman needed to rely on an entirely different skill set. But the preparation necessary to transform into a tireless performer like Brown -- "the hardest working man in show business," after all -- was oddly reminiscent of working out on the baseball diamond.
"I was like, 'This is deja vu,'" says Boseman. "I'm waking up in the morning and lacing them up. Doesn't matter whether it's cleats or if it's leather shoes."
For the second time, Boseman has stepped into some very big ones. A largely unknown actor previously, the 32-year-old Boseman has emerged with back-to-back biopics of 20th century titans: one the revolutionary breaker of baseball's color line, the other the Godfather of Soul. Both were unstoppable forces that blazed across civil rights-era America. One could steal home; the other could do the Mashed Potato.
Tackling one such historical figure is daring; two is audacious. Even his big screen debut was also a portrayal of a real-life person: Syracuse football great Floyd Little in 2008's Ernie Davis biopic "The Express."
It wasn't Boseman's idea.
"There's no way in the world," Boseman says was his initial reaction to playing Brown, still sounding genuinely resistant to the idea. Not only was playing such a complicated, iconic personality like Brown a fearsome challenge, it also could potentially typecast Boseman in a biopic bubble.
"I felt like if I keep doing this biopic thing, then all I'm going to get is biopics," says Boseman. "I was already getting all biopic scripts."
But director Tate Taylor ("The Help") pressed. He brought Boseman in to read a scene in the movie of Brown at 63 and was immediately won over by the fresh-faced Boseman's ability to transform into the legend late in life.
"I thought: This is the guy. Please let him be able to learn how to dance," said Taylor. But it took weeks of coaxing: "Chad's point of view was, 'Nobody should do this. It's just not even possible.'"
"Get on Up," produced by Brian Grazer, had gone through other iterations. At one time, Spike Lee was to direct. Later, Mick Jagger, who frequently crossed paths with Brown and took much inspiration from him, came aboard as a producer. (Jagger is also producing an upcoming documentary about Brown, directed by Alex Gibney.)
The film, which opens in theaters Friday, skips across Brown's expansive life, from the Georgia poverty of his hard upbringing to his more cartoonish and violent later years. (James died in 2006.) "Get on Up," written by the brothers Jez and John-Henry Butterworth, attempts to synthesize all of James' many dimensions: tyrannical bandleader, musical visionary, funk preacher, domestic abuser.
Brown's vocals are used during performances in the movie, but the part required Boseman to play Brown across time and pompadours. He had to find the voice, the moves, the posture and the persona, and hope somewhere in there was the man, too.
"It was all daunting, to be honest with you," sighs Boseman.
With so much research and dance training to fit into two months before shooting began, Boseman had to make a quick study. "They gave me the whole catalog of music and I just sat and listened to every song," he says. "I started with the music because it was so visceral."
Whereas most biopics travel a familiar path, Brown's life resists a typical arc. One memorable early scene shows James, at his label's request, accepting top billing over his early band, the Flames.
"There is a certain amount of cutthroat-ness to him," says Boseman. "But it's like what Little Richard says in the movie: When you see the moment, you have to seize it."
It took some time for Boseman's moment to come. He first got into theater, acting and writing plays, as an undergrad at Howard University. Boseman had roles on little-seen TV shows like ABC Family's "Lincoln Heights" and NBC's "Persons Unknown," but before "42" only had "The Express" in his film credits. Boseman still attracted notice in Hollywood, often just missing out on big parts.
"2011 was a rough year," he says. "I was up for everything that was happening that year, really good roles. None of them came through for me. I would get down to the end and then it would go to someone else."
Now Boseman is seen as a rising star. "The cream eventually rises to the top," says Taylor. The actor recently shot a supporting role in the big-budget fantasy adventure "Gods of Egypt" and has been rumored as a possibility to play Marvel's Black Panther.
One thing he says he won't be doing anytime soon again: a biopic.
"Get on Up" opens in theaters Friday, Aug. 1.


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There are about 97 million myopic people in the U.S., according to the American Optometric Association. I'm one of them. I was fitted for my first pair of corrective lenses in second grade. Because my vision continued to deteriorate (and because I was always finding new ways to break my glasses), I saw the optometrist often.
I changed to contact lenses in my later teens, but when I started work at the Ford Motor Company Assembly Plant in Lorain, Ohio, I was forced to wear safety glasses. With their coke bottle lenses, they were almost too heavy to wear.
The myopia continued to worsen and, when the optometrist added astigmatism correction to my prescription, contact lenses were no longer an option. My vision is bad enough now that without corrective lenses I can't drive, can't read the clock, and can't be certain that I know the person sitting across the table from me.
If I had lived before corrective lenses were available, I would have been in trouble. I would have gone through life Mr. Magoo-like, mistaking people, running into obstacles, and unable to join in favorite activities. It is interesting to think what it would be like to live that way for 60 years, and then to receive corrective lenses. What could be better than the gift of sight?
Christians believe that all people need a kind of vision correction. Myopia of what St. Paul calls "the eyes of the heart" is pandemic. "Now," as he puts it, "we see through a glass darkly." Humans have trouble recognizing what is important, they hurt themselves on obstacles they could have avoided, and routinely get lost in the tangles of everyday life.
The gospel writers want people to know that God restores sight, and they convey this important idea through the stories they tell about Jesus, who has "come into this world, so that the blind will see…" Each gospel tells stories of how Jesus gifted people with sight, rounding out the Old Testament's promise that God's servant would bring "recovery of sight for the blind."
The Gospel of Luke provides a particularly brilliant presentation of Jesus as the sight-giver. The Evangelist juxtaposes two stories, set side by side, representing very different kinds of blindness. To make sure we don't miss his point, he employs Greek verbs meaning "to see" so often a reader would have to be blind to miss them.
The first story features a blind man who sits begging on the side of the road as a noisy procession nears. The man, hearing that Jesus is in the procession, begins shouting, "Jesus, son of David, have mercy on me." Bystanders order him to be quiet, but he shouts all the louder.
Hearing him, Jesus stops and asks, "What do you want me to do for you?" and the blind man answers, "Lord, I want to see." Jesus restores his sight, and he immediately becomes a follower of Jesus.
This story is immediately followed by another story about blindness. This time, though, the man's blindness is not physical but spiritual. His commitment to making money has blinded him, and he has injured himself in frequent run-ins with the people around him.
In both stories, the (physically and spiritually) blind men faced obstacles when they came to Jesus for "vision correction." The poor beggar was treated as a persona non-grata by the crowd, and ordered to be quiet – why would Jesus be interested in him? The rich man suffered similar treatment. People despised him, and refused to make room for him.
Surprisingly, the people who made it difficult for these sight-challenged men to get to Jesus were religious. Those who might be expected to facilitate a meeting with Jesus obstructed it. How often that proves to be the case. The judgmental church-goer, the holier-than-thou Bible-thumper, and the lapsed believer are blurry obstacles on the path to Jesus, and to restored vision.
John Newton famously wrote of that vision: "I once was lost, but now am found; was blind, but now I see." I'm not sure I could go that far. What I can say is, "I once was blind but I see better now, and have every reason to expect complete vision restoration in the future."
First published in The Coldwater Daily Reporter, 6/17/2017


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Nebraska will renew its rivalry on the gridiron with a long-time Big Eight and Big 12 opponent, as the Huskers have signed a contract to play four games against the University of Colorado between 2018 and 2024.
The border rivals will first meet in Lincoln on Sept. 8, 2018, before a return matchup in Colorado on Sept. 7, 2019. Colorado will also play host to the Huskers on Sept. 9, 2023, with the Buffs returning to Memorial Stadium for a matchup on Sept. 7, 2024.
The games with Colorado will be the first in the series since both schools left the Big 12 Conference following the 2010-11 athletic season, with Nebraska moving to the Big Ten Conference and Colorado to the Pac-12 Conference. The teams last met in the regular-season finale in 2010, and that meeting marked the 63rd consecutive year the two schools had met on the gridiron.
"There is a lot of great history between Nebraska and Colorado on the football field, so I think this will be an outstanding series for both schools," Nebraska Head Coach Bo Pelini said. "I think our fans will enjoy the matchups, particularly those in Western Nebraska who can make the short drive out to the games in Colorado."
Overall, Nebraska holds a 49-18-2 advantage in the all-time series between the schools, including a 26-8 record against the Buffs in Lincoln. Nebraska won the final three meetings against Colorado from 2008 to 2010, and owns a 15-4 record against CU since 1992.
The 2019 game at Colorado gives Nebraska three scheduled non-conference games in that season, joining previously announced home contests against South Alabama and Northern Illinois. The matchups in 2018, 2023 and 2024 are the first scheduled games of those seasons for Nebraska.
Colorado is one of two long-time conference foes Nebraska has recently agreed to play in a non-conference series. Nebraska announced in November that it has agreed to a home-and-home series with Oklahoma in 2021 and 2022, with the first matchup in Norman and the 2022 game at Memorial Stadium.
"We are pleased to add another quality opponent to our future non-conference schedule," Nebraska Associate A.D. for Football Jeff Jamrog said. "It is great to have future games with both Colorado and Oklahoma, two of our long-time rivals in the Big Eight and Big 12 conferences. Coach Osborne, Shawn Eichorst and Mike Bohn (Colorado A.D.) all put a lot of work into making this series happen, and it is good to have this finalized."
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Illinois deal on fracking could be national model
CHICAGO -- After years of clashing over the drilling method known as hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," the oil industry and environmentalists have achieved something extraordinary in Illinois: They sat down together to draft regulations both sides could live with.
If approved by lawmakers, participants say, the rules would be the nation's strictest. The Illinois model might also offer a template to other states seeking to carve out a middle ground between energy companies that would like free rein and environmental groups that want to ban the practice entirely.
"The fact that Illinois got there," was significant, said Brian Petty, executive vice president of governmental and regulatory affairs at the International Association of Drilling Contractors. "Anytime you can bring the lion and lamb to the table, it's a good thing. But it's so highly politicized in lot of places" that compromise could be difficult.
Fracking uses a high-pressure mixture of water, sand and chemicals to crack and hold open thick rock formations, releasing trapped oil and gas. Combined with horizontal drilling, it allows access to formerly out-of-reach deposits and has allowed drillers to move closer to populated areas.
The industry insists the method is safe and would create thousands of jobs - possibly 40,000 in the poorest area of Illinois, according to one study. Opponents say it causes water and air pollution and permanently depletes freshwater resources.
In New York, where a fracking moratorium is in effect until a health study is completed, one activist said Illinois environmentalists caved in when they should have pushed harder to block fracking.
"I was just appalled at this collaboration ... to create these regulations based on the false premise that fracking is inevitable," said Sandra Steingraber, an Illinois native and founder of New Yorkers Against Fracking, a group whose champions include actor Mark Ruffalo and singer Natalie Merchant. "It was not their job to help pave the way for fracking to move into Illinois. It was to protect the environment."
But Michigan's largest environmental coalition might be willing to take a cue from Illinois if lawmakers decide that fracking should be part of Michigan's energy mix.
"We would love to see that kind of bipartisan cooperation," said Hugh McDiarmid, spokesman for the Michigan Environmental Council. The Illinois bill "has a lot of good ideas and a lot of things ... that mirror what we're trying to achieve in Michigan" because stopping or banning fracking would be unrealistic.
That's exactly what motivated some Illinois environmental groups to sit down with industry, lawmakers, regulators and the attorney general's office.
In Illinois, it came down to "do we accept the invitation to go to the table or walk away and allow industry to write the rules?" said Allen Grosboll, co-legislative director at the Chicago-based Environmental Law and Policy Center. "For us to say we were not going to participate and drive the hardest deal we could to protect environment would have been totally irresponsible."
The Natural Resources Defense Council supported a failed attempt at a fracking moratorium last year. So with lawmakers clearly ready to allow fracking in southern Illinois, the NRDC wanted to ensure there were significant safeguards, including making drillers liable for water pollution, requiring them to disclose the chemicals used and enabling residents to sue for damages.
"One of the positive things here has been the table to which a wide range of interests have come ... to address the risks in an adult way," said Henry Henderson, director of the NRDC's Midwest office. "We have gotten over the frustrating chasm of 'Are you for the environment or for the economy?' That is an empty staring contest."
Negotiations took place over four or five months, primarily at the Statehouse in meetings led by state Rep. John Bradley, a Democrat who lives in the area where fracking would occur, participants said.
Bradley whittled negotiators down to a core group - four from industry, four from environmental groups, plus representatives from the attorney general's and governor's offices, regulatory agencies and lawmakers, said Mark Denzler, vice president of the Illinois Manufacturers' Association.
That group was pared even further for the toughest negotiations, which included discussions with outside technical experts on complicated issues, said Ann Alexander, an NRDC senior attorney.
"I won't say there weren't times that voices got raised a little bit, but ... it's a very good model of cooperation," Alexander said. "It beats the (typical) model of having drafts furtively circulating ... or emerging at the last minute when nobody has had a chance to read them."
The deal was done by late February. It has yet to be considered by a legislative committee, which would have to endorse the proposal before sending it to the full House.
With oil companies leasing millions of acres around the country in a rush to extract oil and gas reserves, more states will face similar challenges.
Although Illinois' proposed regulations might not work for every state, the unusual model of cooperation might, depending on the relationship between industry and environmentalists, Denzler said. Even now, though, Illinois' agreement is "very precarious," and his group has warned that any attempts to change it before it comes for a vote "could tip it one way or another."
More than 170 bills were introduced in 29 states last year to regulate oil and gas drilling, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. Only 14 became law. Many were simply to define whether local, state or federal government could regulate fracking. The bills don't include regulations drafted by state regulatory agencies, rather than lawmakers.
California state Sen. Hannah-Beth Jackson said Illinois was able to negotiate many of the same protections she wants in her state, where energy companies are eying a shale formation near Santa Barbara that may have four times more oil than North Dakota. She said regulations proposed by the governor's office were inadequate.
"It would be wonderful, frankly, if we could get everybody to sit down," said Jackson, who introduced a bill to regulate fracking wastewater. "In California, there is the perception the companies are stonewalling and do not want to be subject to any oversight. I think if they are willing to sit down and talk, that would certainly be best way to do it."
Environmentalists and industry have worked together to control pollution in many areas. But when it comes to fracking, many environmental groups simply want to forbid the process completely.
"You can't regulate fracking to be cleaner," said Dan Jacobson, legislative director of Environment California. "We're at such a tipping point with climate now."
Even in Illinois, some environmental groups don't support the bill and are mobilizing to seek an outright ban. On Saturday, fracking opponents interrupted Bradley while he spoke at a conference in southern Illinois. They plan another protest Monday, at a conference of county officials.
It is possible that there will be more collaboration to establish better safeguards for air, water and climate, said Mike Brune, executive director of the Sierra Club. "But as we learn more about the true impacts of gas, and more and more communities are questioning whether we need it at all ... we'll definitely see more conflicts."
Illinois House Bill 2615 would regulate a controversial method of oil and gas drilling known as hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking. The legislation is unusual because it was negotiated with the help of industry and environmental groups. Here are some of the provisions:
- All fracking wastewater must be stored in closed tanks.
- Fracking chemicals must be disclosed publicly, with limits on information that may be deemed a trade secret.
- Citizens may request a public hearing on proposed permits and may appeal permits that have been granted.
- The state many deny permits during droughts.
- Energy companies must test groundwater before and after fracking to identify potential contamination.
- Drillers are presumed liable for contamination that appears near its operations after fracking begins.
- Injection of diesel fuel is banned, and nearby abandoned wells must be plugged.
- Venting and flaring of natural gas is restricted.
- A detailed application must be posted on a state website.
- Fracking wells may not be drilled within 1,500 feet of a public water supply intake; within 500 feet of any residence, school, hospital or existing drinking water well or spring; within 750 feet of a nature preserve; or within 300 feet of a waterway.


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This past Tuesday I attended Kosher Wine Society's event at the Roger Smith Hotel, on Lexington Avenue, in Manhattan. Aron Ritter, the Society's president and founder celebrated his 30th birthday, this event was held in the Solarium, a roof balcony. The view was nice, the potables more than memorable.
The event featured some rare but superb scotches, great bourbons and – for the smokers – some good cigars.
I started with the Usquaebach [pronounced whisk-ay-bay] 'Premium Blend' Flagon. It consists of an 85% single malt blend and 15% grain whiskey. With a fruity nose carrying a vanilla sweetness, it runs to a grassy, herbal freshness. The very smooth rich palate is balanced with ample spiciness. The sweet character lingers on in the finish with Caribbean spices. Unusual in character and richness, definitely the best I ever tasted!
I followed with Usquaebach 15YO Pure Malt. Very nice, very smooth!
After some photo shooting and pleasant conversation I had some Glenmorangie 10 year old. It's long been my favorite, it has an enigmatic aroma, delicate but very noticeable, sweet but with a strong hint of dryness, young yet oaky. On the palate it combines an oaky taste, a complex toastiness to the barley, with the lightest hint of smoke. I find it uncompromising from the first sniff to the last sip. Why else would it have been my favorite?
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